The owner of a NFL team holds one of the most powerful and influential positions in sports. And success in sports as we all know is mostly presented to us in wins and losses. But a team owner’s W-L-T record is rarely ever counted and presented.

Below is a table that list all of the active and past owners of the NFL’s current 32 franchises. Following that are the wins, losses, ties, and championships that the team won while under the listed owner’s control.

After that table you’ll find another list of the league’s active and past owners, with an explanation on how that individual came to own the team.

Note: Team ownership structures can be complicated. On many occasions a team has/is owned by more than one individual. The list below only includes majority owners. If a team didn’t/doesn’t have a majority owner (i.e. Green Bay Packers) a team president is listed.

Summary: Chris O’Brien was the owner of the Chicago Cardinals when the team was a founding member of the NFL in 1920. He sold the team to Dr. David Jones for a reported $25,000 dollars in July of 1929.

Charles Bidwill bought the Cardinals from Dr. David Jones for $50,000 dollars in September of 1933. When Charles Bidwill passed away in April of 1947, his wife Violet Bidwill took over ownership of the team.

When Violet passed away in January of 1962, her sons Charles and Bill (current owner) were the team’s owners. Before the 1972 season, Bill bought out Charles’ 50% stake in the team for a reported $6.5 million dollars.

Atlanta Falcons

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1966-1997

Rankin Smith

185

304

5

0.380

1997-2001

Taylor Smith

38

38

0

0.500

2002-

Arthur Blank

103

81

1

0.559

Summary: Rankin Smith bought the expansion Atlanta Falcons in 1965, for a reported $8.5 million dollars. Smith passed away on October 26, 1997. His son, Taylor Smith, who had been team’s president since 1990, took over as the Falcons’ managing owner.

In February of 2002, the NFL’s owners approved Arthur Blank’s $545-million dollar purchase of the Atlanta Falcons from the Smith family.

Baltimore Ravens

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1996-2003

Art Modell

68

66

1

0.507

1 (2000)

2004-

Steve Bisciotti

96

62

0

0.608

1 (2012)

Summary: Art Modell was the owner of the Cleveland Browns, but moved to the team to Baltimore in 1996. Modell was forced to give up the Browns’ namesake and history – thus the Baltimore Ravens were born.

In April of 2004, Steve Bisciotti became the principal owner of the Baltimore Ravens. In a deal that started in 1999, Bisciotti paid a total of $600 million dollars for the team.

Summary Jerry Richardson, a former player with the Baltimore Colts, paid a $140-million dollar expansion fee for the Carolina Panthers.

Chicago Bears

Former names: Decatur Staleys 1920; Chicago Staleys 1921

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1920

A.E. Staley

10

1

2

0.846

1921-1983

George Halas

463

318

40

0.588

8 (1921, ’32-33, ’40-41, ’43, ’46, ’63)

1983-

Virginia Halas McCaskey

266

225

0

0.542

1 (1985)

Summary: A.E. Staley, the Decatur Staleys’ sponsor, offered the team to George Halas for $5,000 dollars in 1921. Halas owned the team until his death on October 31, 1983. Virginia Halas McCaskey, the daughter of Halas, has been the principal owner of the team since then.

Cincinnati Bengals

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1968-1990

Paul Brown

176

175

1

0.501

1991-

Mike Brown

134

221

1

0.378

Summary: A group of Cincinnati businessmen led by coaching legend Paul Brown, paid an expansion fee of approximately $8 million dollars for the Cincinnati Bengals. Brown was handed managing control of the team.

When Brown passed away on August 5, 1991, his son Mike Brown took over control of the team.

Cleveland Browns

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1946-1952

Mickey McBride

83

13

3

0.854

5 (AAFC 1946-49, NFL 1950)

1953-1960

David Jones

69

29

3

0.698

2 (1954-55)

1961-1995

Art Modell

285

247

7

0.535

1 (1964)

1999-2002

Al Lerner

15

40

0

0.273

2002-2012

Randy Lerner

54

107

0

0.335

2012-

Jimmy Haslam

4

5

0

0.444

Summary: Mickey McBride founded the Cleveland Browns in 1944 (first game wasn’t until 1946), making an initial investment of $300,000 dollars to start up the AAFC team. In 1953, McBride sold the team to a group of Cleveland businessmen for $600,000 dollars. Part owner David Jones was named the club’s president.

In 1961, Art Modell and R.J. Schaefer bought the Browns for $4 million dollars – Modell took on the role of team CEO. Modell remained the managing owner of the Browns up until 1995; when he moved the team to Baltimore.

In September of 1998, it was announced that Al Lerner would be the owner of the new Cleveland Browns. He placed a bid of $530 million dollars for the team. Lerner passed away in the middle of the 2002 season, and the reigns of the Browns were given to his son Randy Lerner.

Summary: Clint Murchison Jr. and Bedford Wynne bought the Dallas Cowboys for an expansion fee of $1 million dollars. Although he is not listed above, Bedford Wynne was highly involved with the Cowboys during their early years.

In the May of 1984, H.R. “Bum” Bright and a group of Dallas businessmen bought the Cowboys for $80 million dollars. A few years later, Bright sold the Cowboys to Jerry Jones for $140 million dollars.

Denver Broncos

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1960

Bob Howsam

4

9

1

0.321

1961-1964

Cal Kunz

14

40

2

0.268

1965-1980

Gerald Phipps & Allan Phipps

106

123

6

0.464

1981-1983

Edgar Kaiser

21

21

0

0.500

1984-

Pat Bowlen

292

199

1

0.595

2 (1997-98)

Summary: Bob Howsam of the Rocky Mountain Empire Sports, Inc. founded the Broncos in 1960. One year later (1961) he sold his majority stake in the team to Cal Kunz, Allan Phipps, and Gerald Phipps – Kunz was named the team’s president.

In February of 1965, the Phipps brothers bought out their partners, and became sole owners of the Broncos for $1.5 million dollars.

Edgar Kaiser bought the Broncos for a reported $30 million from the Phipps brothers in February of 1981. In March of 1984, Pat Bowlen bought a majority stake in the Broncos for a reported $70 million dollars.

Detroit Lions

Former name: Portsmouth Spartans 1930-33

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1930-1931

Harry Snyder

16

9

3

0.625

1932-1933

Homer Selby

12

7

4

0.609

1934-1939

George Richards

46

23

2

0.662

1 (1935)

1940-1947

Fred Mandel

29

53

4

0.360

1948-1949

Lyle Fife

4

18

0

0.182

1949-1960

Edwin Anderson

82

54

4

0.600

3 (1952-53, ’57)

1961-

William Clay Ford

328

458

15

0.419

Summary: Multiple people owned the Portsmouth Spartans (the Lions’ predecessor); but Harry Snyder, the team’s president, owned the most shares when the team joined the NFL in 1930

In March of 1934, George Richards and a group of Detroit businessmen bought a majority stake in the Portsmouth Spartans for $15,000 dollars. They subsequently moved the team to Detroit and renamed them the Lions.

In January of 1940, the Lions were sold to Fred Mandel and two other Detroit businessmen for $200,000 dollars – with Mandel becoming the team’s majority owner.

Mandel sold the Lions to a group of seven Detroit businessmen for $200,000 dollars in January of 1948. Dr. Lyle Fife was named the team’s president.

Dr. Lyle Fife resigned as the team’s president in December of 1949, and he was replaced by Edwin Anderson.

William Clay Ford took over as the team’s president in January of 1961. Ford became the Lions’ sole owner in November of 1963, when he bought out all of the Lions’ other shareholders (approx. 143 individuals) for $6 million dollars.

Green Bay Packers

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1921

J.E. Clair

3

2

1

0.583

1922

Curly Lambeau

4

3

3

0.550

1923-1927

Andrew Turnbull

36

16

5

0.675

1928

Ray Evrard

6

4

3

0.577

1929

W.W. Kelly

12

0

1

0.962

1 (1929)

1930-1947

Lee Joannes

146

61

8

0.698

5 (1930-31, ’36, ’39, ’44)

1948-1952

Emil Rischer

17

43

0

0.283

1953-1957

Russell Bogda

19

40

1

0.325

1958-1981

Dominic Olejniczak

183

154

12

0.542

5 (1961-62, ’65-67)

1982-1988

Robert Parins

43

61

2

0.415

1989-2007

Robert Harlan

193

133

0

0.592

1 (1996)

2008-

Mark Murphy

57

30

0

0.655

1 (2010)

Summary: According to the Green Bay Packers media guide, J.E. Clair of the Acme Packing Company, was the owner of the Green Bay Packers when they were admitted into the NFL in 1921.

Curley Lambeau and his associates bought the Packers for $250 dollars in 1922; at the end of that season the Packers were reorganized into a public non-profit corporation. Since then, the Packers have never had an “owner”. The team’s president is often regarded as the highest authority within the Packers organization. Thus all of the team’s presidents have been listed above.

Summary: Carroll Rosenbloom and four other investors brought the second edition of the Colts into the NFL in 1953. The team replaced the bankrupt Dallas Texans.

In one of the most unique trades in the history of professional sports. Robert Irsay became the owner of the Colts in the summer of 1972, when he and Carroll Rosenbloom swapped franchises – Irsay was briefly the owner of the Los Angeles Rams.

Robert Irsay passed away in January of 1997; his son Jim Irsay took over as the team’s managing owner.

Summary: Lamar Hunt brought the Dallas Texans into the AFL for a $25,000-dollar fee. In 1963, he moved the club to Kansas City and renamed them the Chiefs. Lamar Hunt passed away during the middle of the 2006 season, and his son Clark Hunt took over as the team’s managing owner.

Miami Dolphins

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1966-1989

Joe Robbie

227

145

4

0.609

2 (1972-73)

1990-1993

Tim Robbie

42

26

0

0.618

1994-2008

Wayne Huizenga

131

121

0

0.520

2009-

Stephen Ross

27

37

0

0.422

Summary: Joe Robbie founded the Dolphins in 1965, when he and a small group of investors (including comedian Danny Thomas) put up $7.5 million dollars for an AFL expansion team.

By the early 1970s, Joe Robbie was the sole owner of the Miami Dolphins. When Robbie passed away in January of 1990, his son Tim took over as the team’s president.

Wayne Huizenga reportedly spent $140 million dollars to buy a majority stake in the Dolphins during the offseason of 1994.

In February of 2009, Stephen Ross became the majority owner of the Miami Dolphins. A year earlier Ross bought a 50% stake in the team from Huizenga, with the stipulation that Ross would would eventually become the team’s general partner. It was reported that Ross shelled out a total of $1 billion dollars for the team.

Minnesota Vikings

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1961-1964

Bill Boyer

18

35

3

0.348

1965-1986

Max Winter

191

144

6

0.569

1 (1969)

1987-1990

Wheelock Whitney

38

31

0

0.551

1991-1997

Roger Headrick

65

53

0

0.551

1998-2004

Red McCombs

67

51

0

0.568

2005-

Zygi Wilf

66

68

0

0.493

Summary: In 1961, a group of Minnesota businessmen bought the Minnesota Vikings for an expansion fee of $1 million dollars. Bill Boyer was the team’s first president.

Boyer was replaced by Max Winter in 1965. Winter held onto the team’s president role until September of 1987, which is when he was replaced by Wheelock Whitney. Roger Headrick took over for Whitney in January of 1991.

In July of 2008, Red McCombs bought a majority stake in the Vikings for a reported $206 million dollars.

A group of investors led by Zygi Wilf purchased the Vikings for $600 million dollars in June of 2005.

New England Patriots

Former name: Boston Patriots 1960-70

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1960-1988

Billy Sullivan

200

213

9

0.485

1988-1991

Victor Kiam

18

38

0

0.321

1992-1993

James Orthwein

7

25

0

0.219

1994-

Robert Kraft

225

110

0

0.672

3 (2001, ’03-04)

Summary: Billy Sullivan was the Patriots’ first owner/president. On October 27, 1988, Sullivan sold the franchise to Victor Kiam for a reported $85 million dollars.

Kiam ran into debt problems and sold the team to James Orthwein for $23.5 million dollars in May of 1992. Orthwein also paid off Kiam’s debt of approximately $90 million dollars.

In February of 1994, Robert Kraft purchased the Patriots for a reported $172 million dollars.

New Orleans Saints

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1967-1984

John Mecom

78

176

5

0.311

1985-

Tom Benson

234

227

0

0.508

1 (2009)

Summary: John Mecom, backed by a group of investors, purchased the New Orleans Saints for an $8.5-million dollar expansion fee in 1965. In 1985, Mecom sold the Saints to Tom Benson for over $64 million dollars.

New York Giants

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1925-1929

Tim Mara

44

17

5

0.705

1 (1927)

1930-1964

Jack Mara

256

162

24

0.606

3 (1934, ’38, ’56)

1965-2005

Wellington Mara

297

332

4

0.472

2 (1986, ’90)

2005-

John Mara

81

52

0

0.609

2 (2007, ’11)

Summary: Tim Mara founded the Giants in 1925, for a reported $500 dollars. In 1930, Tim Mara transferred ownership of the club to his two sons Jack and Wellington. Jack Mara was only 22 years old when he became the team’s president. Jack passed away in 1965, and his younger brother Wellington took over as the team’s president.

In February of 1991, Bob Tisch bought a 50% stake in the Giants for a reported $80 million dollars. However, Wellington Mara remained the team’s president. On October 24, 2005, Wellington Mara passed away; his son John Mara took the reigns as the team’s president.

Bob Tisch also passed away in 2005. Steve Tisch stepped into his father’s role as chairman of the team.

New York Jets

Former name: New York Titans 1960-62

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1960-1962

Harry Wismer

19

23

0

0.452

1963-1967

Sonny Werblin

29

35

6

0.457

1968-1976

Philip Iselin

57

72

0

0.442

1 (Super Bowl 1968)

1977-1998

Leon Hess

153

197

2

0.438

1999

Steve Gutman

8

8

0

0.500

2000-

Woody Johnson

111

109

0

0.505

Summary: Harry Wismer was the original owner of the New York Jets’ franchise (then known as the Titans).

In March of 1963, Wismer sold the team for $1 million dollars to a group led by Sonny Werblin called the Gotham Football Club.

Werblin sold his shares to the team’s four other owners – Townsend Martin, Leon Hess, Philip Iselin, and Donald Lillis in the March of 1968. Lillis replaced Wismer as the team’s president, but he died before the team even stepped onto the field that season. Philip Iselin then stepped into Lillis’ role.

Leon Hess was named the team’s president when Iselin passed away on December 28, 1976.

When Leon Hess died in 1999, his will specifically barred his family from taking over the team. The Jets were put up for sale, and team president Steve Gutman was in charge for that one season (1999).

In 2000, Woody Johnson bought the Jets for $635 million dollars.

Oakland Raiders

Former name: Los Angeles Raiders 1982-94

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1960

Chet Soda

6

8

0

0.429

1961-1965

E.J. McGah

26

41

3

0.393

1966-2011

Al Davis

413

314

8

0.567

(4) AFL 1967, NFL ’76, ’80, ’83

2011-

Mark Davis

10

18

0

0.357

Summary: Chet Soda – along with seven other investors – was awarded the AFL’s Oakland franchise in 1959.

In 1961, the team’s ownership was consolidated to three people: E.J. McGah, Wayne Valley, and Robert Osborne. McGah became the Raiders’ team president.

After resigning his post as AFL commissioner, Al Davis returned to the Raiders in August of 1966. Davis obtained ownership in the team and became the Raiders’ managing partner.

Wayne Valley tried to remove Al Davis as the Raiders’ managing partner in the early 1970s; claiming he had no previous knowledge of a contract that gave Davis exclusive power. Valley lost that legal battle, and Davis retained control of the team.

Summary: In 1933, Bert Bell and Lud Wray bought the idle Frankford Yellow Jackets for $2,500 dollars. The team started anew as the Philadelphia Eagles. In 1936, Bert Bell became the sole owner of the Eagles for $4,000 dollars.

After the 1940 season, Art Rooney – the Pittsburgh Seelers’ owner – sold his team to the Alexis Thompson and a group of investors for an estimated $165,000 dollars. Rooney took the proceeds from his sale, and bought into the Philadelphia Eagles. A few months later, Bell and Rooney traded the Eagles to Alexis Thompson for the Steelers.

In January of 1949, Thompson sold the Eagles to a group of one hundred Philadelphia-based investors for $250,000 dollars. The group was headed by James P. Clark, who represented the Eagles at league meetings. In the offseason of 1953, Clark resigned his position as team president, and Frank McNamee took over the role.

In January of 1964, Jerry Wolman’s $5,505,500 purchase of the Eagles was approved by the NFL’s owners. Wolman owned 51% of the franchise.

In May of 1969, Jerry Wolman was facing bankruptcy and sold the Eagles to Leonard Tose for a reported $16.155 million dollars.

Soon after Wolman tried to void the sale; claiming he was given an option to buy back the team if he could come up with the funding. Wolman was even able to get a judge to issue a freeze on the Eagles’ assets, but it was to no avail. In 1975, the Eagles’ ownership issue was put to rest as a judge ruled that Tose was under no obligation to sell the team back to Wolman.

In 1985, Tose sold the Eagles to Norman Braman and Ed Leibowitz for a reported $65 million dollars – Braman held a 65% stake in the team. In April of 1994, Braman sold the Eagles to Jeffrey Lurie for a reported $185 million dollars.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Former name: Pittsburgh Pirates 1933-39

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1933-1987

Art Rooney

334

362

19

0.467

4 (1974-75, ’78-79)

1988-

Dan Rooney

260

170

1

0.604

2 (2005, ’08)

Summary: Art Rooney brought the Pittsburgh Pirates (later to be named Steelers) into the NFL for $2,500 dollars.

Rooney sold the team to Alexis Thompson in 1940, and with the proceeds he became a part owner of the Philadelphia Eagles with Bert Bell. A few months later Rooney would once again own the NFL’s Pittsburgh franchise, when he and Bell traded the Eagles for the soon to be renamed Pirates. In February of 1946, Rooney bought Bell’s share of the team.

Art Rooney handed the reigns of the franchise to his son Dan Rooney in 1975, naming him the team’s president. Art Rooney became the team’s chairman until his death in August of 1988.

In 2003, it was reported in the Steelers media guide that Dan Rooney’s son Art Rooney II was taking over as the team’s president. Dan Rooney took on the role of team chairman.

San Diego Chargers

Former name: Los Angeles Chargers 1960

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1960-1965

Barron Hilton

55

30

4

0.640

1 (AFL 1963)

1966-1983

Eugene Klein

126

131

7

0.491

1984-

Alex Spanos

228

249

0

0.478

Summary: Hotel mogul Barron Hilton was the Chargers’ first owner. The team spent one year in Los Angeles before he moved them to San Diego. In August of 1966, Hilton sold the Chargers for $10 million dollars to a group of Southern California businessmen led by Eugene Klein.

In 1984, Klein sold his majority stake in the team to Alex Spanos for a reported $40 million dollars.

San Francisco 49ers

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1946-1957

Tony Morabito

89

58

5

0.602

1957-1963

Vic Morabito

43

47

1

0.478

1964-1976

Josephine Morabito & Jane Morabito

88

91

8

0.492

1977-1998

Edward DeBartolo Jr.

243

130

1

0.651

5 (1981, ’84, ’88-89, ’94)

1999-

Denise DeBartolo York & John York

106

125

1

0.459

Summary: Tony Morabito and a group of business partners brought San Francisco into the AAFC in 1944 (first game was played in 1946).

On October 27, 1957, Tony Morabito died of a heart attack while attending a 49ers game at Kezar Stadium. His brother Vic Morabito took over control of the team. Vic passed away in May of 1964, and control of the team was split between Tony’s wife Josephine and Vic’s wife Jane.

Edward DeBartolo Jr. purchased the 49ers for a reported $16.5 million dollars in March of 1977.

In December of 1997, DeBartolo was facing legal issues and handed control of the franchise over to his sister Denise DeBartolo York; although Edward still retained ownership of the team. In July of 1999, Edward and Denise completed a deal which gave ownership of the 49ers to Denise and her husband John York.

Seattle Seahawks

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1976-1982

Elmer Nordstrom

39

62

0

0.386

1983-1987

John Nordstrom

51

34

0

0.600

1988-1996

Ken Behring

61

84

0

0.421

1997-

Paul Allen

138

132

0

0.511

Summary: In 1974, Lloyd Nordstrom and a group of investors paid a $16-million dollar expansion fee for a NFL franchise in Seattle. Nordstrom had a reported 51% stake in the team. Before the team ever took the field, Nordstrom passed away and controlling interest of the Seahawks was given to his brother Elmer Nordstrom. During the 1983 offseason, John Nordstrom became the managing general partner of the Seahawks.

In August of 1988, the Nordstrom’s sold the Seahawks to California real estate developer Ken Behring for a reported $80 million dollars.

Paul Allen, one of the co-founders of Microsoft, officially bought the Seahawks from Behring for a reported $200 million dollars in July of 1997 – thus keeping the team in The Emerald City.

St. Louis Rams

Former names: Cleveland Rams 1937-45; Los Angeles Rams 1946-94

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1937-1940

Homer Marshman

14

28

2

0.341

1941-1970

Daniel Reeves

189

166

15

0.531

2 (1945, ’51)

1971

Mary Reeves

8

5

1

0.607

1972-1978

Carroll Rosenbloom

76

32

2

0.700

1979-2007

Georgia Frontiere

233

247

0

0.485

1 (1999)

2008-2009

Chip Rosenbloom

3

29

0

0.094

2010-

Stan Kroenke

16

31

1

0.344

Summary: In 1937, the NFL granted the city of Cleveland a franchise under the guidance of Homer Marshman.

In June of 1941, the Rams were sold to a group led by Daniel Reeves for a reported $140,000 dollars.

In 1948, Reeves sold some of his ownership in the Rams, so that the team team could stay afloat. Reeves and Edwin Pauly each had a one-third stake in the team. Reeves and Pauly were often in disagreement, and the NFL assigned Pete Rozelle – the NFL’s future commissioner – to be the team’s general manager.

The drama ended in December of 1962, when Reeves bought out Pauly and the team’s other owners for a reported $4.8 million dollars.

Daniel Reeves passed away in April of 1971, and his wife Mary Reeves took over as the team’s principal owner. In July of 1972, Mary sold her 51% interest in the team to Robert Irsay. As soon as Irsay became the majority owner of the Rams, he traded the franchise to Carroll Rosenbloom for the Baltimore Colts.

On April 2, 1979, Carroll Rosenbloom tragically died by drowning. His wife, Georgia (Frontiere), inherited a majority ownership stake in the team.

Frontiere passed away in January of 2008, and her son Chip Rosenbloom took over as the Rams’ managing partner.

In August of 1994, Culverhouse passed away, and control of the team was handed to Stephen Story (Culverhouse’s law partner), Jack Donlan, and Fred Cone.

In March of 1995, the Buccaneers were sold to Malcolm Glazer for a reported $192 million dollars.

Tennessee Titans

Former names: Houston Oilers 1960-96; Tennessee Oilers 1997-98

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1960-

Bud Adams

406

425

6

0.489

2 (AFL 1960-61)

Summary: Bud Adams brought the Houston Oilers into the AFL for a fee of $25,000 dollars. In 1997, Adams moved the Oilers to the state of Tennessee, and he changed the team’s name to the Titans in 1999.

Washington Redskins

Former names: Boston Braves 1932; Boston Redskins 1933-36

Seasons

Leader

W

L

T

W Pct.

League Championships

1932-1962

George Preston Marshall

167

179

20

0.484

2 (1937, ’42)

1963-1964

Leo C. De Orsey

9

19

0

0.321

1965-1973

Edward Bennett Williams

68

57

6

0.542

1974-1996

Jack Kent Cooke

223

152

0

0.595

3 (1982, ’87, ’92)

1997-1998

John Kent Cooke

14

17

1

0.453

1999-

Daniel Snyder

103

127

0

0.448

Summary: George Preston Marshall and a group of businessmen founded the Boston Braves football club in 1932.

In July of 1963, George Preston Marshall was stricken with illness, and Leo C. De Orsey took over as the “acting” owner of the Redskins. In May of 1965, De Orsey passed away, and Edward Bennett Williams took over control of the club. In 1969, President Emeritus George Preston Marshall passed away.

Jack Kent Cooke became the majority owner of the Redskins in April of 1974. Edward Bennett Williams would remain the team’s president until his resignation in March of 1985; after that Cooke became the Redskins’ sole owner.

Jack Kent Cooke passed away in April of 1997, and the management of the team was passed on to his son John Kent Cooke. However, the actual ownership of the team was placed in a trust to be sold. John Kent Cooke made two bids for the team, but ultimately Daniel Snyder won out with his $800-million dollar purchase of the team.

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